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An elderly Jordanian man greets his Syrian niece and her family for the first time in 30 years at the Jordanian-run Al Bashabsheh refugee camp in Ramtha, Jordan. The family fled the town of Daraa, Syria. (Photo by Mohammad Hannon / AP)

US approves daily pill for HIV prevention

The first-ever daily pill to help prevent HIV infection was approved by U.S. regulators for use by healthy adults who are at risk for getting the virus that causes AIDS.

Times of India

Blog:

Deciding on Truvada: Who should take the new HIV prevention pill?

(NPR)

Shots

Welcome to London 2012: We apologize for the delays in your journey

Excitement is palpable as the first wave of Olympic athletes descends upon the UK’s capital. But as the games draw nearer, transport delays are causing a whole new kind of build-up for London commuters.

TIME

Syria fighting rages, Russia resists pressure

Syrian rebels said they shot down an army helicopter as they battled government forces in the fiercest fighting to hit Damascus since the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad erupted.

Reuters

Blog:

Live updates on Damascus clashes

(Guardian)

Middle East Live

Russia must be persuaded on Syria, says Hillary Clinton

BBC

HSBC ‘allowed drug cartels to launder money’ through its US operations

Lax controls at Europe’s largest bank, HSBC, allowed Mexican drug cartels to launder billions of dollars through its U.S. operations, an investigation by the U.S. Senate has found.

Al Jazeera

Senator Carl Levin criticizes HSBC, OCC on money laundering

BusinessWeek

Alaska drilling: from ‘No!’ to ‘OK’

Many Inupiats think “their garden” is being threatened by an international oil rush to get at what may be a treasure trove of more than 25 billion barrels of crude.

CNN

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Children cool off at a fountain in Tokyo. The temperature soared up to 91.4 degrees Fahrenheit in the center of the city. (Photo by Itsuo Inouye / AP)	Amateur golfers practice at the driving range before the first round of stroke play for the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship in Stratham, N.H. (Photo by Jim Cole / AP)	Dancers in Paper Windmill Cultural Foundation perform during a dress rehearsal of “Paper Windmill Fantasia” in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Wally Santana / AP)

NATION

Immigration debate keeps law school graduate a few steps from his dreams

Sergio Garcia, 35, earned his law degree three years ago, but he must pursue the right to a lawyer’s license because of his immigration status, in flux since 1994 when he returned from Mexico.

San Jose Mercury News

Geography of tolerance

Places that are open to new ideas attract creative people from around the globe, broadening both technology and talent capabilities, and gaining a substantial economic edge.

The Atlantic

Blog:

How important is the gay and lesbian vote?

PBS NewsHour

POLITICS

Obama goes on the offensive with an early barrage of ads

Obama’s campaign has spent nearly $100 million on commercials in selected battleground states so far, unleashing an early barrage designed to create lasting, negative impressions of Romney.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog:

Negative ads: a shift in tone

(TIME)

Swampland

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Campaign 2012

CBS News

Can science plant brain seeds that make you vote?

Voting reminder calls may now include carefully constructed questions designed to seed deep in your brain and stay there until you arrive at the moment you talked about during the call.

NPR

BUSINESS

What executive Marissa Mayer can do as Yahoo’s new CEO

Yahoo has appointed Marissa Mayer, a longtime executive at Google, to be its new chief executive. Mayer faces the challenges of running a company that is essentially fighting for its life.

Forbes

How Marissa Mayer’s vision will shape Yahoo

ReadWriteWeb

US tightens security for economic data

Market-sensitive data will be guarded with launch-code secrecy, a precaution against anyone who might try to take advantage of a leak to gain an insider’s edge in the financial markets.

CNBC

EDUCATION

Digital tools can reshape our methods

On many traditional university campuses, it might seem like business as usual. However, higher education is in chaotic transition. What we do now to manage that change will determine the future.

Sydney Morning Herald

Substitute teaching in schools is the subject of scrutiny

While substitute teachers are largely seen as occasional pinch hitters for full-time teachers, statistics show that students spend a good chunk of their time in school with them.

Education Week

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Is the film trilogy going extinct?

“Ice Age: Continental Drift” broke ground as the second animated “fourquel” to hit theaters, while “The Lord of the Rings” films are getting a prequel. Is “The Dark Knight Rises” the final three-movie format?

The Atlantic

Stinky, spicy and delicious

Brilliant young American chefs grew up in tough neighborhoods and trained in European kitchens. Now they’ll show you what’s in their kitchens.

The Atlantic

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“Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.”

Thomas Jefferson

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Column (Gino Segrè):

How the Higgs boson was lost and found

Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial:

LIBOR-rigging scandal is at least as important as Monica Lewinsky

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Blog (Steve Kornacki):